phăng teo
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Definition
Adjective (Tính từ):
- Kaput, done for, finished, ruined: Used to describe a situation, plan, or thing that has failed completely, is broken beyond repair, or is hopelessly lost. It carries a colloquial and often slightly vulgar tone.
- Lost, gone missing: Used to indicate that something has been lost and cannot be found.
Noun (Danh từ):
- Joker: In card games (like Tây, the Vietnamese adaptation of French-suited cards), "phăng teo" is the name for the Joker card, which can trump other cards.
Usage Examples
As an Adjective:
- Bài thi như thế này thì phăng teo mất. (With an exam paper like this, it's kaput.)
- Kế hoạch đi chơi đã phăng teo vì trời mưa. (The plan to go out has been ruined because of the rain.)
- Tớ đã phăng teo mất cái đồng hồ. (I've lost my watch.)
As a Noun:
- Trong ván bài, anh ấy đánh con phăng teo ra. (In the card game, he played the Joker.)
Advanced Usage
"phăng teo đi": A vulgar imperative meaning "get rid of it," "scrap it," or "cancel it."
- Phăng teo tiết mục múa ấy đi! (Scrap that dance performance!)
Used to describe a person's failed state, especially in exams or tests.
- Nó đi thi đã phăng teo rồi. (He has already flunked his exam.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hỏng (adj): Broken, spoiled, failed. (Less vulgar than "phăng teo").
- Mất (adj/verb): Lost; to lose.
- Tiêu (adj, slang): Done for, finished (similar colloquial sense).
Synonyms
- Tiêu tùng (adj, slang): Ruined, done for.
- Thất bại (adj): Failed.
- Hỏng (adj): Broken, ruined.
Related Phrases
- Đi đời (slang): To be finished, to be done for.
- Toang (slang): Shattered, ruined (modern slang).
Related Idioms
- Phăng teo như chơi: To fail or be ruined very easily.
- Dự án đó phăng teo như chơi chỉ sau một tuần. (That project went kaput as easy as pie after just one week.)
- Joker
- (thông tục) Done for, kaput
- Bài thi như thế này thì phăng teo mấtIt is kaput with such an examination paper